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![Amendments to Egypt's income tax law come amid a slew of measures to boost the country's economy. Above, traders work at the Egyptian stock exchange building in central Cairo. [Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/22/egypt-income-tax-150_96.jpg)
May 22, 2013
![A Korean container ship sails through the Suez Canal city of Port Said. [Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/11/Egypt-ship-portsaid-150_96.jpg)
May 11, 2013
![The Gulf-Cooperation Ministerial Committee for Planning and Development meets in Bahrain. [Photo courtesy of the Bahraini Ministry of Finance]](/shared/images/2013/05/10/bahrain-gcc-meeting-150_96.jpg)
May 10, 2013
![A street vendor waits for customers in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Jobs and food price increases top the list of challenges facing the country's new ministers. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/08/Egypt-vendor-tahrir-150_96.jpg)
May 08, 2013
![Egyptians shop for children's clothes in downtown Cairo. While some are hesitant, many Egyptians also shop online. [Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/02/Egypt-shoppers-online-150_96.jpg)
May 02, 2013
![Sun falls on the front door of the Egyptian stock exchange. [Waleed Abu al-Khair/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/01/egypt-bourse-front-150_96.jpg)
May 01, 2013
![Property ownership is addressed under Egypt's new real estate tax law. Apartment buildings in Cairo are pictured above. [Waleed Abu al-Khair/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/04/24/Egypt-real-estate-150_96.jpg)
April 24, 2013
![A Kuwaiti man withdraws money from a cash machine. A new debt relief law will be in place within a few months, according to the Finance Ministry. [Sultan al-Raqaa/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/04/24/kuwait-family-fund-150_96.jpg)
April 24, 2013
![Electronics retailers are seeking to grow business and expand consumer services by offering interest-free instalment purchase plans for products. [Walaa Tahseen/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/uae-credit-cards-150_96.jpg)
April 19, 2013
![Bahrain was ranked third among Arab states on the UN's Human Development Index. Above, the minarets of al-Fateh Mosque and cranes fill up Manama's skyline. [Leila Gorchev/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/18/bahrain-manama-development-150_96.jpg)
April 18, 2013
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![A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/Syria-assad-raqaa-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi patrols have increased along the Iraq-Syria border. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/22/iraq-border-cell-90_58.jpg)
![An Iraqi National Museum employee guides visitors inside the Assyrian Hall. [Ali al-Saadi/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/22/Iraq-national-museum-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi artists Nibras Hashem, Suha al-Jumaily, Zeina Salem and Zikra Sarsam (from left) are holding a joint exhibition, "Intersecting Paintbrushes". [Courtesy of the Baghdad French Cultural Centre]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/21/iraq-women-painters-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi Airways has several projects in the works to strengthen its services and status. [Stringer/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/21/iraq-plane-ticket-90_58.jpg)
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